US Patent Issued to CSSC Shanghai Marine Energy Saving Technology on Nov. 3 for "Pressure stabilizing cavum structure applicable to air-layer drag reduction ship" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,358, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CSSC Shanghai Marine Energy Saving Technology Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Pressure stabilizing cavum structure applicable to air-layer drag reduction ship" was invented by Lijin Gao (Shanghai), Shaofeng Chen (Shanghai), Guofu Huang (Shanghai), Qiuqin Yun (Shanghai), Haochao Xia (Shanghai), Zhouguang Yan (Shanghai), Zan Wu (Shanghai), Leiqiang Chen (Shanghai) and Shuquan Huang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure stabilizing cavum includes multiple PE pipes and a backing plate. The multiple PE pipes are inserted through a longitudinal keel of the ship. Each PE pipe is provided with a firs...